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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Two students sit at the Plinth while playing "Pokemon Go." Nintendo released the game for Apple and Android on July 6.

Campus teeming with ‘Pokemon Go’ players

July 15, 2016

Lately, it’s become common to see students hurry by in small groups, fixated on their dimly lit phone screens. It may be well past midnight, but campus isn’t asleep just yet, thanks to a new app that...

Flags on campus were lowered to half-staff on July 8 as faculty, staff and students mourned the police officers who lost their lives during the shooting in downtown Dallas on July 7. Photo by Andrew Gallegos | Photo Editor.

UTD alumna, students unharmed in Dallas shooting

July 8, 2016

Two UTD students and an alumna have returned home safely after being caught in the middle of last night’s gunfire ambush in downtown Dallas that took the lives of five police officers. A Black Lives...

Student lands in Istanbul hours after terrorist attack

Student lands in Istanbul hours after terrorist attack

July 5, 2016

Incoming freshman Sarah Whipple was scheduled to board a flight to Istanbul last Tuesday evening when her phone began to buzz with messages from friends and relatives. That night, terrorists bombed the...

Tyler Hargreaves, a computer science sophomore, created Condecca with a team of three other student developers. Condecca matches students to work opportunities using an algorithm that relies on the qualifications of the user. Photo courtesy of Condecca.

Student-run app eases job search

July 5, 2016

Students struggling to find summer work will now have better access to jobs and internships, thanks to a new app co-created by a UTD sophomore. Tyler Hargreaves, a computer science major, co-founded Condecca,...

Neuroscience senior Siddhartha “Sidd” Srivastava aced the MCAT last January. He decided he wanted to be a surgeon after a childhood camping injury landed him in the hospital. Photo by Nidhi Gotgi | Editor-in-Chief.

Neuroscience senior earns perfect score on MCAT exam

July 5, 2016

With the sound of his heartbeat thumping in his ears, neuroscience senior Siddhartha Srivastava sat in front of his laptop anticipating a moment that would define the next years of his life. He was checking...

Lisabeth Lassiter, the director of the education abroad program. Photo by Andrew Gallegos | Photo Editor.

Disunited

July 5, 2016

Late last month, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a historic referendum. This British exit, commonly known as “Brexit,” marks the first time any nation has left the EU since...

Frank Rodriguez, the campus arborist, climbs a tree to secure a tag on it that tracks its health. Facilities Management is using these tags for maintenance purposes to better care for the trees on campus. Photo by Andrew Gallegos | Photo Editor.

Trees tagged to monitor health

July 5, 2016

Over the past two months, Facilities Management has worked to tag and record data for about 5,000 trees on campus in the hopes of joining a national arboreal conservation program and to simplify grounds...

Amber Brown (left), a coordinator at the Comet Cupboard, helps a volunteer restock the shelves of the on-campus food pantry with donated items. Photo by Andrew Gallegos | Photo Editor.

Food For Thought

July 5, 2016

Shrenik Jain stepped through the threshold of a small space in the ground floor of the Eugene McDermott Library. He scanned row after row of food items until one container caught his eye — it was a jar...

SG Senator Brett Cease

SG to fund green ideas next fall

July 5, 2016

A Student Government initiative to improve sustainability on campus that began in the spring is ready for a reboot heading into the fall semester. On June 24, The Office of Student Affairs approved the...

Jennifer Chi | Mercury Staff

Students honor victims of Orlando shooting with vigil

June 16, 2016

Over 70 members of the UTD community gathered on Wednesday evening for a vigil to honor the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. The event, which was hosted by Pride at UTD and...

UTD Police continue search for MSA board vandals

UTD Police continue search for MSA board vandals

June 6, 2016

Members redesign display to combat misinformation, prejudice Several months after two unknown individuals vandalized a display for a campus religious group, neither UTD police nor members of the group...

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